India’s first air-conditioned suburban train service commences in Mumbai Monday Dec 25,2017

The train, operated by the Western Railway(WR), began its journey at 10.32 am on Monday Dec 25,2017 from the Borivili station to Churchgate in South Mumbai.

The commuters, excited at the launch of the AC local, which is expected to bring them respite during the scorching summer, captured the historic moments by clicking selfies as the train reached the Churchgate station at 11.16 am.

Built in Chennai at a cost of ₹54 crore, the 12-car rake of the AC local arrived here on April 4, 2016.

Initially, it was meant to be run on the Central Railway (CR) corridor. However, later it was decided to run it first on the WR corridor.

Subsequently, the WR conducted about 65 trial runs of the train before starting its services for the public on Monday Dec 25,2017